One of the privileges of doing television is the ability to evaluate my own performance and try to improve upon it.

I feel like making music because - and this has much to do with the way I was able to make this record - there's more of myself in it.

I'm a person who gets better with practice. Getting older is awesome - because you get more practice.

I did go through this period where girls would be mean and I had a lot of guy friends. But I've found as an adult the importance of having female and male friends.

I try to be authentic - but at the same time I don't really want people prying into my personal life.

I love telling stories. I think of myself as a storyteller, and I don't feel bound by being just a singer or an actress. First, I'm a storyteller, and history is stories - the most compelling stories. There is a lot you can find out about yourself through knowing about history. I have always been attracted to things that are old. I have just always found such things interesting and compelling.

It can make you a little crazy when you are too connected to a product.